Closing Early April 27
On Friday, April 27, Olin Library and Whispers Café will close at 6:00pm due to WILD. The Arc will close at 4:30pm. Olin Library and Whispers Café will reopen at 9am Saturday, April 28.
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On Friday, April 27, Olin Library and Whispers Café will close at 6:00pm due to WILD. The Arc will close at 4:30pm. Olin Library and Whispers Café will reopen at 9am Saturday, April 28.
In honor of National Library Week (April 15th-21st) the WU Libraries would like to acquaint you with or remind you about the Popular Literature (PopLit) Collections at both Olin and the West Campus Libraries. PopLit is a collection of books and audiobooks that has been assembled for your reading and listening pleasure based upon their readability and enjoyment in a traditional sense. In the PopLit Collection you'll find mystery, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, romance, comics, thrillers, non-fiction, cookbooks, and much more. If you would like to browse the Collection in Olin it's on Level 1, to the left after you enter the building and near the copiers. Audiobooks on tape and CD are at the Check-out Desk - you'll just need to let the staff know the call number (they are listed in the catalog). Recommend a purchase for the PopLit Collection: http://library.wustl.edu/forms/popreq.html.
An exhibition entitled Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace will be on display in the Olin Library, Monday, April 16-Friday, April 27, 2007. This traveling exhibition includes photographs and information focusing on Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Daisaku Ideka, three men from different cultures and continents, who devoted their lives to non-violence, human rights, and world peace.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Rev. Dr. Lawrence Edward Carter, Sr. will speak at 4 p.m. Monday, April 16, in Wilson Hall, Room 214. An opening reception for the exhibition will follow the talk. The reception will take place in Olin Library’s Ginkgo Reading Room, on level 1.
Carter is the founder and first dean of the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel and Professor of Religion at Morehouse College. He has written numerous books and articles, including Walking Integrity: Benjamin Elijah Mays as Mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr. (1998) and Global Ethical Options, in the Tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Daisaku Ikeda (2001).
These events are free and open to the public. They are sponsored by the Religious Studies Program in Arts & Sciences.
Questions may be directed to Sarah Massey at 314-935-8677 or smassey@wustl.edu. Additional information is available online at http://artsci.wustl.edu/~relst/gki.htm or at http://library.wustl.edu/events/exhibits/Gandhi.html.
A new exhibit in the north Olin lobby case seeks to educate the student body and the public about the problem of substandard housing and how Habitat for Humanity operates to ameliorate the problem. Habitat works on four basic principles: building, education, advocacy, and fundraising. It works internationally through volunteers to build simple, decent, affordable housing shelters for those with the greatest need and willingness to pay back the mortgage. This exhibit runs until April 20th.
A new exhibition housed in the Whispers Café cubes highlights the rich cultural heritage and natural beauty of Nepal. Items in the exhibition include images of temples, costumes, and Hindu gods; actual paper and coin currency, a unique Nepalese flag, and much, much more. Be sure to stop by and spend some time viewing this highly informative and beautiful exhibition developed by Bluena Khatri, a graduate student in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and recent grad of St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu (the capital of Nepal). Namaste Nepal! runs until April 27th.
The Libraries have purchased access to this ebook: The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, with more than 5,000 entries on 1,100 years of Byzantine history, from the 4th century to the 15th.
